Sorry if this has come up before, but I honestly can't figure out how to beam my crew back to my ship. It always seems like I want to beam more crew elsewhere. Can someone let me know what I need to do to beam my crew back home?

OK...the system is a little confusing at the moment, but what you will need to do is to ensure that your teleporter is empty. Click on the teleport button, and you should get a different cursor. Put this cursor on top of your character that is on another ship/station and click. That should bring them back home.